|
Welcome to our first update of 2009.
A Happy New Year may not be a likely prospect for some businesses at the moment, but I hope this news upate will offer something positive for you.
The feedback we receive from the newsletters is very welcome, and we hope you continue to send us your comments. |
As you will read in this third issue, we at Reddifast are seeing some ‘green shoots of recovery’ and are responding to them.
Your reactions and observations, positive and negative, would therefore be particularly welcome as we try to respond to our customers.
Click here to email me
In this issue:
• Green shoots of recovery?
• Comfort and Joy for fasteners producers
• New Reddifast website coming soon
• Reddifast Barriers is formally launched
Rod
Rod J. Laight | Managing Director
 |
We're listening!
Reddifast welcomes honest and candid
customer feedback.
Comments, questions, suggestions, opinions?
Please click here to email us
|
World Steel Price and Supply Crisis Part 3:
The Green Shoots of Recovery?
Mild steel, low carbon steel and galvanised steel prices have dropped dramatically in this first quarter of 2009, alongside production volumes.
Historically we would have expected to see the cost of high carbon, spring quality steel follow this by April, but due to the higher cost of production and special rolling that these products require, it is unlikely that prices in these products will follow the same levels this time. .
Reddifast is already finding that steel called up for parts dropped from the schedules over a year ago is now being put back on order with us. |
|
Similarly, although replenishment levels are unlikely to be at the same, higher levels, as a year ago, we at Reddifast are firmly taking the optimistic view of a lift in business and have increased our stock holding by some 500 tonnes.
This increase in our stock, taken with our “best in the industry” (customer quote) fast-response delivery service, means less stock holding at our customers, thus not tying up their capital in stock.
Your views and experiences on this ‘green shoots’ issue would be particularly welcome.
Recommend us to your colleagues by using this
forward to a colleague link
and click here to talk to a member
of our team for current competitive prices and deliveries
'Comfort and Joy' for fasteners producers
We pass on some good news for fasteners producers at last.
On 31st January the Council of the European Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of Chinese fasteners made from steel. |
|
Although it specifically excludes stainless steel we hope this will provide some assistance to our fastener clients and perhaps help energise the market.
This latest action has been a long time coming. It follows investigations begun in late 2007 which themselves followed long-standing and widespread complaints.
Click here and let us know if this will help the industry and your business.
A new look for Reddifast
Reddifast has contracted Eagle Web Solutions to design a new website for Reddifast Steels Ltd.
| Expected to be up and running before the next news update late next month, the site will offer much more information about our ranges, specifications |
 |
and applications, easier to use enquiry and contact pages, regular industry and Reddifast news, plus links to helpful industry sites
We also know our steel gauge conversion table is popular and well used, so we will be adding downloadable, print friendly tables of metric/UK conversions, hardness conversions, steel strip specifications and others.
Click here to let us know what you would like to see on the new site.
...And a new business
Reddifast Barriers has now been formally launched
Built on our wide experience in spring steels, and following industry-standard tests, we have responded to many enquiries for using our expertise to provide spring steel - “rebound posts” - for car park crash barriers.
With a number of high profile installations already completed by our new customers, Reddifast has created Reddifast Barriers as a separate business, dedicated to bringing the significant safety, installation and cost benefits to this new market.
Click here for more information about Reddifast Barriers, or to tell us about new applications of Reddifast Steels for your products.
|
|
Thanks for taking the time to read this issue of
our news update.
In the current business climate I hope you found this issue even more interesting than Issue 2.
I hope this helps, and provides some optimism, in this current difficult business climate.
Please click here to have a look at our existing website where you will find details of all our products and services. We have a wider range than you probably know or use already. We also have a very handy steel gauge conversion table there too.
Regards,
Rod
Contact us
01384 63 66 63 |
Vicky, Lynne, Una, Rod
E-mail: sales@reddifast.co.uk
Web: www.reddifast.co.uk
Click here for on-line enquiry form |
We do
stainless steel
too
Contact one
of our team
Call
01384 63 66 53
or
Click here |
|
See the whole Reddifast range
It's wider than you might expect.
Click here
for more
information
|
Click here to find out more about Reddifast Barriers
Talk to Rod direct on
01384 63 66 63
or
Email here |
|
